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Tarnished Empire

Written by: Ava Harrison
Narrated by: Sebastian York,Ava Erickson
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My plan was simple.

Get invited onto his yacht.

Find information to destroy him.

But I wasn't prepared for Alaric Prince.

Dangerous and seductive, he trapped me in his gilded cage. 

He calls me Dove.

Easily preyed on.

Easily broken. 

A man that ruthless only wants to crush me.

I must resist the temptation to let him.

He's my father's enemy.

At war with my family.

A danger to me.

Falling for him would be my demise.

But if my plan works, it will be his.

©2020 AH Publishing (P)2020 AH Publishing
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  • Categories: Romance

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Not my type of story, read the review

I should have read the review.
The last book I listend was 365 days. I was searching for something similar. When i read the resume I taugh this will be it, didnt expected that half of the story will be on a deserted island eating coconut.. That didnt strike me when I taugh this was a mafia world.
If you like love story where the man is a badboy but slowly turn into the good guy. With a strong but fragile indice heroine, this book is for you.
Personnaly it lack sexually tension a lot and im not a fan of this kind of love story. I find boring the part on the island wich is like half the book. I gave 4 star for performance because of the perfect voice of Sebastian Work, the girl voice anoyed me when she do male voice.
Two star for the story because there is worst book, who I Will not finished and I finished this one, but clearly not my type.

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Entertaining

I enjoyed this story and narration. Definitely worth a try. 1st time reading this author's work. Will look for more of their work.

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amazing

really good book, had me hooked from start to finish. I couldnt stop listening. Ava Erickson and and Sebastion York read Yelp reviews and I would listen to them

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  • Maggie
  • 2020-10-14

loved it.🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

It reminded me of the blue lagoon....it has really hot parts and I really enjoyed the back and forth between the two protagonists and of course some what unexpected twist. In all I really enjoy this book. It had a good pace so even if it was a 10h books it flowed really well without being in a hurry. looking forward to listen more books from Ava Harrison. the narration like always was superb from 2 of my favorite narrators. I do recommend this book.

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  • Cheryl
  • 2020-10-24

It almost lost me and then I was ALL IN

I enjoy Ava Harrison’s writing a lot. She just has this way with words that just works for me. Then there are times when I need the audio and I’m all about it. This was one of those times.

Let me get a few things out of the way.
- This has an age gap and it was honestly not needed at all to me. Neither character felt a certain age, if that makes sense.
- There was a bit of violence. Kind of mafia style. It didn’t bother me, but for some reason I didn’t expect it.
- Romancelandia’s misuse of birth control strikes again. This is just a personal thing. I hate it, but it didn’t affect the story like I thought it would.
- You might hate hearing about doves after this.

Now I went into this a little blind, so when I got into the book, I really enjoyed the banter of the island. This is where I thought Phoenix, rose. Close proximity is my weakness. Who knew?! I loved it. I think the growth of Alaric and Phoenix was great.

There was a point though that I almost gave up. Then suddenly the book took something I disliked and the suspense turned way up. It was amazing. My book friends’ heads might have turned 360° with my texts reading this book.

I did a read and listen. Sebastian York’s narration was good, but I really thought Ava Erickson did a stellar job as Phoenix. She really became the character in my head. Adored it!

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  • AsGo
  • 2020-10-23

Just okay

Honestly i though it was going to be so much better, the heroin ended up been weak and it got boring very quickly, had a hard time getting back into the plot. It had the potential to be a pretty good book but it just ended up being meh

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  • Madeleine East
  • 2020-10-16
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Speechless

Ava has once again left me speechless with this incredibly captivating read. You know it’s going be a good book when you don’t care that you have work tomorrow and you’re going on only four hours of sleep because you need to know the ending. You were going to fall in love with Alaric Prince. This is a five star, roller coaster, enemy-to-lovers book. Loved the narration by Sebastian York & Ava Erickson. They really helped bring the book to life.

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  • Jenny B
  • 2020-10-22
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Loved this listen

Talk about the most perfect voices to bring these characters to life. Ava had the perfect soft soothing voice for the character who has been sheltered from the business of her father. Sebastian brings the perfect brooding alpha with the dark broken side The story line itself was phenomenal and I was listening to this read with any time I could. I loved the premise of the daughter trying to help Her father and then oops swooning for the “bad guy”. This story had a great premise being stranded, growing towards each other and with each other, and then a little twist and turn to keep you on your toes. I loved this listen and now want to sit down and read the book and escape again.

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  • Vicki
  • 2021-05-23

Phoenix/Dove and Alaric

OMG - Sebastian York and Ava Erickson were great choices for narrators. Sebastian was a perfect Alaric and Ava was a perfect young-sounding Phoenix. This was a bit of an age gap. Phoenix tries to get information from him to save her father, who Alaric thinks killed his brother. She ends up on his yacht and is in over her head. The yacht is boarded by pirates and they escape to an island. They get really close in a cave on the island when there is a terrible storm and they end up slowly falling in love. But things are not so simple for them. There is a very sad scene near the end and a surprise villain. This book was so good! It was well worth the listen.

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  • Laura Smith
  • 2020-10-29

The book you want to listen to.

Captivating! Incredible, unexpected ending! Lovely book, awesome author. Narrators, book get stars on every level.

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  • Candace Richard
  • 2020-10-21
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Loved this audiobook!

Tarnished Empire
Alaric & Phoenix
No one does alpha antiheroes like Ava so I was excited to find out this was a mafia story which I also love.
I loved Phoenix, she is strong and strong willed (stubborn) yet we also see her vulnerable side.
Alaric is strong and protective and a total Alpha male, as he should be due to his background. *swoon*
Both characters were good at hiding things about themselves that once revealed just made everything fall into place.
I loved the narrators that were chosen, they are some of my favorites!

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  • Cami Cole
  • 2021-10-14

What romance novels are made of!

This was an exceptional story…the epitome of what a romance novel should be. Checked all my boxes!! I could talk about the storyline for hours but I won’t because I don’t want to give anything away…just beautifully done…and outstanding narration! Five stars all around! Highly recommend!!

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  • Anonymous User
  • 2021-05-04

Could have been a good one

Sebastian York as always is great. The voice of the female character was confusing with no punctuation usage. Didn’t finish listening

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